IAF might just agree on MiG-29UPG Super Baaz
India will finally ink a contract for the supply of 21 Mig-29UPG fighter jets that will be used to beef up combat squadrons of the Indian Air Force when Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled to visit India on December 6 for the 21st India Russia Annual Summit.
India is procuring unused airframes of 21 Mig-29 jets that
will be upgraded by HAL in India with UPG level upgrades that will see D-29 EW
suit made by DRDO and other Russian components including radio electronics and
armaments. HAL has proposed to replace the current Russian supplied Zhuk-M
pulse doppler electronically scanned array radar with the locally developed
Uttam AESA Fire Control Radar along with a New Mission Computer that HAL is
developing for the Naval Mig-29K fleet.
HAL in collaboration with the Navy is working to develop a
modified New Mission Computer for the Mig-29K fleet that will enable
integration of the indigenous Astra Beyond Visual Range Air to air missile
along with other locally made weapon systems like SAAW and BrahMos-NG, & same has been proposed for the new 21
Mig-29UPG jets.
The upgrade of the Indian Air Force’s MiG-29 fighters to the
MiG-29UPG level will be completed in 2022, idrw.org has been told that 21 MiG-29
will start coming from 2024 onwards as the aircraft upgrade kit will come from
Russia. Upgraded Mig-29UPG fleet was deployed in the region of Ladakh that was
awarded Chief of Air Staff’s citation’ for providing excellent air defense as
well as air-to-ground operations in the Northern sector and carried out
extensive operations at high altitudes.
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Indian Navy likely to approve 3+3 Kilo deal with Russia
Last year, Russia offered India to sale 3 Old Kilo class
Diesel Electric conventional submarines and carry out Major Refit and Life
Certification MRLC for three existing Kilo submarines in the Indian Navy for
$1.5billion. 3 old submarines on offer to India have been decommissioned from
the Russian Navy in 2020 and 2019 since then kept in storage as they moved
forward with the construction of Project 636.3, an improved version of the Kilo
class.
Russia has offered 3 Old Kilo class submarines for a $250
Million deal but after factoring in Refit cost that is around $170-200 Million
per ship, each ship will come to $260-300 Million. Refit carried out on a
decommissioned ship will only add service life by 10 years but this will boost
the strength of the kilo fleet back to the original 10 in the Indian Navy.
Earlier this year, the Indian Navy retired one of its older
Kilo class submarines and last year had transferred one to Myanmar Navy. Indian
Navy has lost one Kilo submarine in 2013 due to an internal explosion due to
which it sank at Mumbai’s naval dockyard resulting in the death of 18 crew
members.
Indian Navy team will be visiting dry dockyard facilities in
Russia soon where these submarines are in storage for last 2-3 years for
inspection and later Team will file a report to the Naval Head Quarters after
which a final decision will be taken.
After Kaveri engine is India working on the Ganga Turbofan
engine?
Some are speculating that Project Ganga is attempt to reverse
engineer the AL -31FP engine for
which India has received full Transfer of Technology and can manufacture them
from Raw material stage in India itself but some see it to Fix technical issues
in the AL-31FP engines and improve its Mean Time Between Overhaul but nothing
is clear at this point of time what actual intention was or If the program is
still active.
High 100 kg/sec Mass airflow demand suggests that the Dry Power
generation requirement from the engine will be around 88 kilo Newton and with
an Afterburner section that could be in the range of 123-125 kilo Newton Class
of thrust that is similar to the Russian AL-31FP version with thrust vector
control that is installed on Sukhoi-30MKI fleet that is currently in service
with IAF.
GTRE old tender documents that was floated for manufacturing
of a Fan section in 2014 that could support a mass airflow of 100 kg/sec with
fan weight of 180kg which is more than what could be required to develop a Dry
Kaveri engine variant that requires 78 kg/sec is sparking speculation on social
media that it could be a new engine development that has been codenamed ”
Ganga”.
It’s speculated that Kalyani had won the tender to supply 4-5
new fan section back then for this program, but it’s not clear if was an active
project or as part of the research and development. Defence Metallurgical
Research Laboratory (DMRL) and GTRE are using AL-31FP to test the endurance of
the new bi-layer Thermal Barrier Coating and in a way, it is also used to
further advance the development of next-generation technologies for the
Indigenous modular two-shaft turbofan engine for application beyond AMCA.
GRSE looking to win orders from India’s neighbours SouthEast
Asia & Africa
Competition from China not withstanding, Indian warship maker
Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited GRSE is making a determined bid
to win orders from countries in India’s periphery, Southeast Asia and Africa to
build up its order book.
GRSE, a defence sector public sector unit, which currently
sees 7% of its total turnover from exports, aims to increase that to 25%-30% in
the next five years. The company has bagged commercial orders from Guyana and Bangladesh
for construction of an ocean going passenger cum cargo vessel and patrol boats
for the fishery department.
GRSE had also signed a concessionary agreement with Kolkata
Port Trust to formally takeover the three docks from them that will be utilised
for refits and repairs of not only military boats but commercial vessels as
well.
To boost its prospects in commercial ship building, GRSE has
signed preliminary pacts with DCNS of France and Gibbs and Cox of the US for
collaboration in design of ships to boost exports.
India objects to International flight from Skardu Airport in
Pak Occupied Gilgit Baltistan
The Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday cornered
Pakistan over the flight operations at Skardu airport in POK calling it an
interference in India’s internal matter. Ministry of External Affairs didn’t commented
on any specific development except their position over POK.
Ministry of External Affairs reaction came after the status
of Skardu Airport was upgraded and it started operating as an international
airport.
Last week, India also had criticised a visit by a delegation
of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation OIC to POK and described it as an
interference in India’s internal matter.
